About us

Genefron, a privately held company, specializes in the development and manufacturing of next generation, in-vitro, personalized and companion diagnostic applications, in autoimmune and acute viral infectious diseases.

The company was established in 2011 and utilized its first 4 years of intensive R&D to achieve its first proof of concept : predicting the interferon α treatment outcome in hepatitis C virus patients. The prediction accuracy reached 96% in liver biopsies.

Following this achievement Genefron has expanded its success to address chronic autoimmune diseases such as MS and RA. In addition Genefron has developed a Personalized Diagnostic Kits (PDK) used by pregnant to predict CMV transmission to fetus. All PDKs are CE marked and Israeli ministry of health approved (read more ….)

Business Model

In Israel, Genefron is selling its RA kits through marketing company HMO’s covering approximately 70% of the total population. In addition, CMV transmission predicting tests are sold through a private certified lab.

In addition, Genefron is developing new signatures / products in various stages in inflammatory bowel diseases as well as local viral disease.

The Leading Team

Mr. Yaniv Kotler (LLB, M.Sc.)
CEO & Founder
Experience: 16 year biotech entrepreneur, established biotechnology start-up (Kovax) sold it in 2018 to Phibro. Serving in various executive roles for 25 years.

Dr. Shlomo Pundak (PhD)
Project Manager
Experience: Analytics, drugs, medical device development and in IVD development and regulation. More than 35 years’ experience in the biotech industry in various leading companies.

Orit Kotler (B.A, M.A.)

Operational Manager

Experience: 26 years in high tech/biotech, managed multi $ M projects in corporate and private companies. CEO of Kovax Ltd, sold to Phibro (2018).

Dr. Moshe Abramov (MD)
Scientific adviser & partner Experience:
More than 40 years Specialist gynecologist, Hospital administrator, Meuhedet HMO special adviser for life quality and aging, board chairman and director in biomed and diagnostic companies and investor in start-up companies

Intellectual Property

The company has a firm IP which includes 1 granted (USA), 4 PCT, 1 provisional, jointly owned with Hebrew University, Israel

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About Genefron

Genefron Ltd., was established in 2011 to develop and manufacture unique diagnostic tests confronting the challenge of personalizing the medical treatments. The company is privately held by the founders and private investors.